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At 01:15 on Thursday morning, Andrew
Macdonald, a Human Rights Worker from the ISM, refused deportation
from Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. The refusal is a
protest against the State of Israel’s policy of deporting Human
Rights Workers from the Occupied Territories of Palestine.
After the refusal, a police
officer from the Special Operations Unit, threatened Andrew, saying
that they were going to drug him and use handcuffs and leg shackles
to force him on the next available plane. They also threatened to
put him in jail for two months if he would not comply. Currently,
Andrew is being held at the Tzohar Detention Center near the Rafah
crossing to
Gaza.
The arrest took place last
Thursday at 15:00 in Tel Rumeida,
Hebron.
Andrew had just finished escorting Palestinian children to school.
ISM together with the Tel Rumeida Project provides an international
presence in Tel Rumeida that supports the daily Palestinian
non-violent struggle against attacks from Hebron’s violent settler
community.
Andrew Macdonald’s own comment is:
“Something very odd is happening here. In order to eject people from
Israel, they are snatching people out of Palestine, and forcing them
into Israel. It’s not for Israelis to decide who can stay in
Palestine, it’s for Palestinians to decide.”
For more details:
ISM Media Office +972 2 297 1824
Tel Rumeida Project
www.telrumeidaproject.org
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